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noun
Thrum  n.  (Written also thrumb)  
1.
One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.
2.
Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.
3.
(Bot.) A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
4.
(Mining) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
5.
(Naut.) A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
Thrum cap, a knitted cap.
Thrum hat, a hat made of coarse woolen cloth.


verb
Thrum  v. t.  (past & past part. thrummed; pres. part. thrumming)  
1.
To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe. "Are we born to thrum caps or pick straw?"
2.
(Naut.) To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in; as, to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface.


Thrum  v. t.  
1.
To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner.
2.
Hence, to drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table.


Thrum  v. i.  
1.
To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum.
2.
Hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum on a table.





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"Thrum" Quotes from Famous Books



... are scarce two orders of beings more different: for the legislative and executive powers of the shop not resting in the husband, he seldom comes there: —in some dark and dismal room behind, he sits commerce-less, in his thrum nightcap, the same rough son of Nature that ...
— A Sentimental Journey • Laurence Sterne
... Oregon";—a statement which is among the happiest achievements of American humour. He calls his verses "recitatives," in easily followed allusion to a musical form. "Easily written, loose-fingered chords," he cries, "I feel the thrum of your climax and close." Too often, I fear, he is the only one who can perceive the rhythm; and in spite of Mr. Swinburne, a great part of his work considered as verses is poor bald stuff. Considered, not as verse, but as speech, a great part of it is full of strange and admirable merits. The ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson
... your next neighbour may say! Dance and be gay as a faun or a fay, Sing like the lad in the boat on the bay; Sing, play—if your neighbours inveigh Feebly against you, they're lunatics, eh? Bang, twang, clatter and clang, Strum, thrum, upon fiddle and drum; Neigh, bray, simply obey All your sweet impulses, stop not or stay! Rattle the "bones," hit a tinbottom'd tray Hard with the fireshovel, hammer away! Is not your neighbour your natural prey? Should he confound you, it's only ...
— Fly Leaves • C. S. Calverley
... thrash thigh oats hoax shrewd threat fight boat oath shrift throng light oak coach shrike throve flight foal float shrunk thrust fright goat poach thrill throat tight soap hoarse three thrum ...
— McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book • W. H. McGuffey
... she will be satisfied to bury herself out here, with an infirm old woman for a companion? Here she must have an early breakfast, trudge through rain and cold into town; teach stupid little brats till evening; then listen to others equally stupid; thrum over music lessons, and, at last, tired out, drag herself back here about dark, when it is too late to see whether her garden is a cotton patch or a peach orchard! Will you please to tell me what enjoyment there is for ...
— Beulah • Augusta J. Evans


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